AMERICANA: That's the Way It Isn't

Sakowitz, a Houston department store that
tries to give pretentiousness a good name, amuses its millionaire
patrons with tongue-in-checkbook "ultimate gifts" in its Christmas
catalogue. Among this year's offerings: a professionally filmed
documentary of your life for $50,000, a private island and lighthouse
in the Pacific for $750,000, your wife's weight in loose 10-carat
diamonds at $4 million per lb. and an offshore oil rig, capable of
drilling in 300 ft. of water, for $28.7 million.

But for those who would just prefer good food and conversation with
interesting people, Sakowitz is advertising a $94,125 dinner with the
likes of CBS Newscaster...